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To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the depiction of animal cruelty.
Public Law 106-152 · H.R. 1887 · 106th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Dec 9, 1999 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA-23)
Cosponsors (52): Rep. Christopher Shays, Rep. Constance Morella,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 372 yea, 42 nay372–42
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit, and set penalties for, knowingly creating, selling, or possessing a depiction of animal cruelty with the intention of placing that depiction in interstate or foreign commerce for commercial gain. Makes an exception for any depiction that has serious religious, political, scientific, educational, journalistic, historical, or artistic value.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 106th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 372 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
372 yea42 nay20 present or did not vote
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Democrats who voted yea(195)
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-50
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-9
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10- Rep. Earl HilliardD-AL-7
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-26- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-11
- Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-4
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Tammy BaldwinD-WI-2- Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-10
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-6
Rep. Robert BradyD-PA-1
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-15
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-29- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30- Rep. Julia CarsonD-IN-10
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Tom UdallD-NM-3- Rep. Thomas BarrettD-WI-5
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2- Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonaldD-CA-37
Rep. Patrick KennedyD-RI-1
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-10
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-32
Rep. Joe CrowleyD-NY-7- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Brian BairdD-WA-3
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-1- Rep. Lynn RiversD-MI-13
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-29
- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-5
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14- Rep. Karen McCarthyD-MO-5
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-34
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20- Rep. William LutherD-MN-6
Rep. Rush HoltD-NJ-12
Rep. David WuD-OR-1
Rep. Robert WexlerD-FL-19
Rep. John LarsonD-CT-1
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14- Rep. Ron KlinkD-PA-4
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-46
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Ciro RodriguezD-TX-28
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5- Rep. John BaldacciD-ME-2
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-24
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-9- Rep. Joseph HoeffelD-PA-13
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
- Rep. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1- Rep. Robert WeygandD-RI-2
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Rod BlagojevichD-IL-5
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. David MingeD-MN-2
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-22
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND- Rep. Ken BentsenD-TX-25
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. Nick LampsonD-TX-9
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Debbie StabenowD-MI-8
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2- Rep. Jim DavisD-FL-11
- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
- Rep. Frank MascaraD-PA-20
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8- Rep. James MaloneyD-CT-5
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-18
Rep. Baron HillD-IN-9- Rep. David PhelpsD-IL-19
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-20
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3- Rep. Max SandlinD-TX-1
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-6
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1- Rep. Owen PickettD-VA-2
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1- Rep. Jim TurnerD-TX-2
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Michael ForbesR-NY-1
- Rep. Pat DannerD-MO-6
- Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-18
- Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7- Rep. James BarciaD-MI-5
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5- Rep. Ronnie ShowsD-MS-4
- Rep. Ken LucasD-KY-4
- Rep. James TraficantD-OH-17
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Rep. Virgil GoodeD-VA-5
Republicans who voted yea(177)
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-23
- Rep. Jack QuinnR-NY-30
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Greg GanskeR-IA-4
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. Sue KellyR-NY-19
Rep. John McHughR-NY-24- Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-19- Rep. Steven KuykendallR-CA-36
- Rep. Rick LazioR-NY-2
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-23- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Mark FoleyR-FL-16
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-21
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-40
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Bob FranksR-NJ-7
- Rep. Bob NeyR-OH-18
- Rep. Don SherwoodR-PA-10
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Doug OseR-CA-3
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Tom DavisR-VA-11
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Jo Ann EmersonR-MO-8- Rep. John SweeneyR-NY-22
- Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Ernie FletcherR-KY-6
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-44
Rep. Johnny IsaksonR-GA-6
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Brian BilbrayR-CA-49
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Thomas ReynoldsR-NY-27
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-8
- Rep. Anne NorthupR-KY-3
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-15
Rep. Judy BiggertR-IL-13- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. John ThuneR-SD
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-43
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-11- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
- Rep. Jim TalentR-MO-2
- Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-20
Rep. Charlie BassR-NH-2
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. John PetersonR-PA-5- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. Saxby ChamblissR-GA-8- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-21
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-6
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-7
- Rep. Charles CanadyR-FL-12
Rep. Robin HayesR-NC-8- Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. George NethercuttR-WA-5
- Rep. Jay DickeyR-AR-4
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2- Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-48
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4- Rep. Jennifer DunnR-WA-8
- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2- Rep. Asa HutchinsonR-AR-3
- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
Rep. Ron LewisR-KY-2
Rep. David VitterR-LA-1- Rep. Merrill CookR-UT-2
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3- Rep. Robert EhrlichR-MD-2
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-5- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Vito FossellaR-NY-13
Rep. Nathan DealR-GA-9
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7- Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-51
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1
Rep. Kenny HulshofR-MO-9- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-14
- Rep. Ed BryantR-TN-7
- Rep. Edward PeaseR-IN-7
- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
- Rep. Bob RileyR-AL-3
- Rep. Jim GibbonsR-NV-2
Rep. Roy BluntR-MO-7
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2- Rep. Mark GreenR-WI-8
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15- Rep. Scott McInnisR-CO-3
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4- Rep. Jack MetcalfR-WA-2
Rep. Mark SouderR-IN-4- Rep. David McIntoshR-IN-2
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2- Rep. James RoganR-CA-27
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19- Rep. Dan MillerR-FL-13
- Rep. Nick SmithR-MI-7
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
Rep. Barbara CubinR-WY
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1
Rep. Gary MillerR-CA-41- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16- Rep. Van HillearyR-TN-4
Rep. Walter JonesR-NC-3
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6- Rep. Gil GutknechtR-MN-1
- Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
- Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3
- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
- Rep. J.D. HayworthR-AZ-6
- Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-47
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Pat ToomeyR-PA-15
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6- Rep. Steve LargentR-OK-1
Rep. Matt SalmonR-AZ-1
Rep. Jim DeMintR-SC-4
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6- Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-8
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-45
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-39
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 512 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Judiciary Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 16 actions.
- Dec 9, 1999Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 106-152.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 30, 1999PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Nov 19, 1999FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 19, 1999FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 372 - 42 (Roll no. 514).House roll call 514
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · Mr. McCollum moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Judiciary Committee
- Oct 13, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Judiciary Committee
- Oct 7, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- Sep 30, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- May 27, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- May 20, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Judiciary Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.